Google has a number of education tools from Classroom to Hangouts Meet and everything else in G Suite. Given the uptick in remote learning, the company today published Teach from Home — a “temporary hub of information and tools to help teachers during the coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis.”
One thing that’s universally recommended to help stop coronavirus is frequent hand washing. In partnership with the World Health Organization, there’s a new Assistant command to make sure you do it properly with “Hey Google, help me wash my hands.”
As millions of people are now staying at home to curb the spread of the highly infectious COVID-19 outbreak, the internet is being pushed to its limits. To help ease the strain on networks, YouTube will reduce the quality at which videos stream in Europe.
The outbreak of the novel coronavirus has many in a panic over what to do next and, potentially, could end up overwhelming the healthcare system. Now, Google Maps is providing a useful COVID-19 warning any time users search for medical locations.
To help you get the most up-to-date information on the COVID-19 coronavirus, YouTube has now launched a dedicated news shelf in 16 countries.
As we are all facing the coronavirus pandemic together as a global community, Google is using its platform as the most popular search engine to replace its homepage logo in nearly every country around the world with a Doodle honoring Dr. Ignaz Semmelweis, “the father of infection control” and a pioneer in hand washing.
As COVID-19 spreads throughout the world and starts to affect more of North America, Samsung wants to protect the health of both its customers and employees. As such, all Samsung stores are now closed until further notice to minimize the spread of coronavirus.
Google Doodles are seen by millions of people around the world on a daily basis, often teaching them a thing or two about history, a current event, or even just a date they may have forgotten about. Now, a clever designer has come up with an idea for a Google Doodle that would encourage social distancing during the coronavirus pandemic.
In the midst of the COVID-19 outbreak, video conferencing is seeing a surge in popularity, and understandably, some services are struggling to keep up as a result. Zoom is currently one of the most popular options around, and as a result of service issues and other factors, the app’s Play Store rating has been filled with negative reviews.
In addition to I/O for consumers and developers, Google hosts Cloud Next for its enterprise and productivity offerings. In light of COVID-19, the company switched to a “Digital Connect” format and kept the same April 6-8 dates. Google this morning announced that it’s delaying the digital version of Cloud Next due to the coronavirus.
The novel coronavirus — COVID-19 — has been spreading around the globe and things are only getting worse in many regions. With that in mind, some of the biggest tech companies including Google, Facebook, Twitter, and more are committing to battling misinformation around the coronavirus outbreak.
Google was supposed to launch the “initial” version of its coronavirus information website today, but a delay this evening will see it come online later in the week.
The tech industry has been at the forefront of letting employees work from home in response to COVID-19. Google today detailed the impact of the coronavirus on its workforce and products.
In light of COVID-19, Google is mandating that its employees work from home. While the technology industry is better suited for remote work than most others, there are still some product impacts. YouTube announced today that it will more heavily rely on automated video review systems as a result of the coronavirus.
Google is now notifying developers that app review times could be extended “due to adjusted work schedules”. It seems likely that this has to do with the disruptions to normal business that the coronavirus (COVID-19) is causing at Google and other firms across the country.
As we see more and more people desperate for information on the spread of the coronavirus, there will undoubtedly be people looking to profiteer from an information vacuum. According to a new report, one Android app masquerading as a coronavirus update application is in fact ransomware.
Following the Friday announcement of a COVID-19 website from “Google” by US officials, there was immediate confusion about the scope and scale. Alphabet company Verily today detailed its upcoming coronavirus testing website.
Google today sent out and is prominently advertising coronavirus tips from the World Health Organization. It follows other efforts as the company recognizes the “unprecedented moment” and its responsibility as an organization with tremendous reach.
In declaring a national emergency due to COVID-19, President Donald Trump and other officials yesterday revealed that Google was building an online tool. After some confusion — partly due to the Alphabet corporate structure, Google today announced that it’s building a new “nationwide website” — but only to provide information about the coronavirus.
The United States this afternoon declared a national emergency to better respond to COVID-19. During that press conference, President Trump and officials announced that Google was building a screening website to help with increased coronavirus testing. It has since emerged that what’s actually being developed is much more limited in scope.
A report from TechCrunch today says that a second Google employee, located in Bangalore, has tested positive for the COVID-19 coronavirus. This news comes just weeks after the first Google employee tested positive for the coronavirus in Google’s Zurich office.
Hand sanitizer and gloves are all good ways of combatting germs and viruses, but they’re all rendered irrelevant if you touch your dirty, germ-ridden smartphone. To help combat the coronavirus’ spread, Samsung is apparently kicking off a new “Galaxy Sanitizing Service” which will disinfect your smartphone for free at the company’s stores.
One of Area 120’s many experimental apps is a hyperlocal social service for group meetups. Born out of Google’s internal incubator and only available in New York City, Shoelace announced today that it has “decided to pause operations” in response to the coronavirus.
Yesterday, Google asked all employees in the United States and Canada to work remotely if their roles allow. The company today is extending that coronavirus recommendation to Europe, Africa, and the Middle East.
